Friday, February 10, 2012
- India test-fires ballistic missile interceptor
- MQM seeks SC notice over Bilour's interview
- Russia proposes bilateral extradition treaty with US
- Karachi violence claims seven lives
- SC rejects PM Gilani's appeal
- 9 sentenced for London Stock Exchange terror plot
- Greece reaches deal on austerity
- CJ takes suo motu notice of Lahore factory collapse
- India, Pakistan trade can reach $10 bn by 2015: CII
- Terror trial of accused Bali bomber starts Monday
The Nation in print for Friday, July 04, 2008
Front Page
Pakistan denounces Mullen's statement
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan on Thursday denounced a statement by the US military chief on cross-border attacks against the militants and said that only Pakistani troops could take action against the terrorists on Pakistani side of the shared frontier with Afghanistan. "Pakistan wants to clarify ...
Curfew in parts of IHK as Hindus go on rampage
SRINAGAR (Agencies) - Authorities in Occupied Kashmir Thursday widened a curfew in the region to prevent protests by Hindus ...
Back to the IMF?
ISLAMABAD - Though there is much public resentment over the prospect of the IMF's involvement in Pakistan's national affairs, ...
International
Heath Ledger's Batman role triggers Oscar buzz
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - The Oscars are eight months away and the film hasn't even been released, but Heath Ledger's performance in ...
Iran may consider opening US interest section in Tehran: FM
WASHINGTON: - Iran's foreign minister Manouchehr Mottaki says his country might consider suggestions of Secretary of State ...
Bush's invitation to PM Gilani symbolizes turning away from Musharraf: US columnist
WASHINGTON: - President George W. Bush's invitation to Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani for luncheon talks at the White House ...
Tearful reunion with family
BOGOTA - Colombian-French politician Ingrid Betancourt was tearfully reunited with her children Thursday for the first time ...
Children suffer more from war in Afghanistan
KABUL - Children in Afghanistan suffer more than in any other country in the world from violence, war and poverty, and sometimes ...
US Congressional panel questions Iraq oil deal
WASHINGTON - Bush administration officials knew that a Texas oil company with close ties to President George W Bush was planning ...
AKP battles for survival
ANKARA - Turkey's Islamist-rooted ruling party Thursday presented its final defence in the country's highest court against ...
Waterboarding is torture: UK journalist
NEW YORK - British-American writer Christopher Hitchens voluntarily submitted to waterboarding and concluded that the ...
US presses for sanctions against Zimbabwe
UNITED NATIONS: - The United States on Thursday submitted a draft resolution in the UN Security Council proposing an arms embargo ...
Next US president must resist temptation to undertake ops in Pak: Globe
WASHINGTON: - The next U.S. president must counter the portrayal by Islamists of the American war on terror as a war against ...
Lloyd replaces Gavaskar as ICC cricket chairman
DUBAI (AFP) - Former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd has succeeded Sunil Gavaskar as chairman of the cricket committee of the ...
A glance at today's match
Another big show needed by Pakistan Uncertainty loomed large on Pakistan batting while the bowling was pedestrian at best. ...
Nadal edges closer to Federer showdown
LONDON (AFP) - Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal moved to within one win each of a third successive Wimbledon final showdown after ...
WICB President urges need for improvement
BASSETERRE (St. Kitts) (AFP) - West Indies cricket chief Julian Hunte has again warned the West Indies players that their ...
Business
Rupee plunges to new low vs dollar
KARACHI - The Pakistani rupee hit a new record low against the US dollar on Thursday amid rising import pressures and ...
Market down for 5th day with record low turnover
LAHORE - Bearish trend on the Karachi Stock Exchange remained intact for the fifth straight day and the market suffered another ...
Global markets battered as oil prices roar higher
LONDON - European equities fell further on Thursday after more sharp losses on Wall Street and in Asia, as investors ...
Sindh govt seeks relief in loans mark-up
KARACHI - Sindh government has demanded of Islamabad to either waive off mark up or reduce it on loans obtained from the World ...
Credit offtake increases by Rs 104 billion
KARACHI - The growth in private sector credit off-take has increased by 35.57 per cent from July 2007 to June 2008. The private ...
HBL inks remittances pact
BEIJING - The Habib Bank Limited (HBL) has taken a big leap forward by entering into an arrangement with Agricultural Bank ...
Worried oil chiefs fail to find consensus
MADRID - The World Petroleum Congress wrapped up Thursday in the shadow of record crude prices, with concern growing about ...
Retailers charge Rs20-30 extra as cement supply cut
KARACHI - Cement manufacturers have reduced the supplies of cement in the local markets and created shortage, while taking the ...
CSF introduces matching grants facility
ISLAMABAD - The Competitiveness Support Fund (CSF) has launched a brochure on its Business Incubator-Matching Grants facility to ...
323 MW projects to start generation from 2009
LAHORE - WAPDA is striving for optimal exploitation of hydropower potential to cope with the increasing demand of electricity in ...
Politics
Britain doubles aid to Pakistan
ISLAMABAD- The United Kingdom Thursday announced to double its financial assistance to Pakistan by 480 million Pounds during the ...
Complete shutterdown in Quetta
QUETTA - The business and trade activities remained suspended in the provincial capital and many other parts of Balochistan due ...
Iftikhar not to lead lawyers' movement
ISLAMABAD - Deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry on Thursday ruled out the notions that he would lead lawyers' ...
Nawaz rejects Boucher's assertion
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) Quaid and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif Thursday rejected assertions of the US ...
India to push ahead with N-deal
NEW DELHI - India's ruling Congress party has decided to press ahead with a nuclear energy deal with the United States ...
Nato troops kill 32 Taliban
HERAT - Afghan and Nato-led forces killed 32 Taliban in two separate clashes in Afghanistan, officials said on Thursday. At ...
Oil price flies to record $147
LONDON - The price of oil set a record high to $147 a barrel here on Thursday owing to falling reserves of US crude, ...
Bush to meet Gilani this month: White House
WASHINGTON: - U.S. President George W. Bush will meet Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on July 28 for talks on issues ...
Kayani says Army can meet challenges
ISLAMABAD " Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani has expressed satisfaction over the high moral of the Armed Forces ...
Key US lawmaker says Pakistani forces need more American aid
NEW YORK: - While making a strong case for greater U.S. support to Pakistan in fighting terrorism, a key American lawmaker has ...
Govt reaction today
ISLAMABAD - The government has yet not come up with its reaction over the PML-Q's white paper on Prime Minister's 100-day ...
Our patience is up: AQ wife
THE wife of nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan said Thursday she is challenging his detention in court, a move that could lend ...
Entertainment
Disney looking to launch European TV channels
BERLIN (AFP) - The US media and leisure group Disney wants to boost its European presence by launching new television channels to ...
Disease-detecting lab in the palm of your hand
DETECTING food-borne diseases such as campylobacter and salmonella long before they enter the food chain would help ensure that ...
Mariah Carey's marriage on the rocks
MARIAH Carey and Nick Cannon's marriage is reportedly on the rocks. The couple - who tied the knot two months ago following a ...
Gaultier snares his exotic birds in cages
PARIS (AFP) - Jean-Paul Gaultier's exotic birds of paradise all came complete with their cages at his couture show for next ...
Jolie twins to arrive 'in weeks'
ACTRESS Angelina Jolie's doctor has said her twins may take a few more weeks to arrive. Dr Michel Sussmann said at a news ...
Islamabad
Hockey to make 100th Olympic anniversary at Beijing
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Olympic Games in Beijing this year will mark a major milestone for hockey. It is exactly 100 years ago that ...
Marir to Faizabad overhead bridge to be built
RAWALPINDI - An overhead bridge will also be built from Marir Chowk to Faizabad to shrink the traffic pressure from Murree Road ...
Candid course
During the World War II the three bigs - Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin - used to meet for mutual consultation in neutral ...
ITP to launch education campaign for road users
ISLAMABAD - Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) is going to launch one-month education campaign urging the road user to fasten seat ...
Causes of Lal Masjid operation must be made public: Tariq
ISLAMABAD - Information Secretary of PML-Q Senator Tariq Azim has demanded of the government to form an impartial and independent ...
Construction work on 'Faiz Auditorium' at PAL starts
ISLAMABAD - The construction work of new "Faiz Ahmad Faiz Auditorium" of Pakistan Academy of Letters started here on Thursday. ...
Rs 1.59b tax-free RCB, CCB budget presented
RAWALPINDI - The annual tax-free budget of Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) and Chaklala Cantonment Board (CCB) for fiscal year ...
Karachi
Inzamam relieved at result change
KARACHI (AFP) - Former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq was pleased Thursday when the result of the infamous 2006 Oval Test was ...
ICC receives first security report on Champions Trophy
KARACHI - The International Cricket Council (ICC) has received its first report on security measures taken by the Pakistan ...
Llyod was a better choice, concedes Majid
KARACHI - Former Pakistan captain Majid Khan has said Clive Lloyd was a better choice than him as chairman of ICC Cricket ...
Young blood needed in federations: Minister
KARACHI - Federal Minister for Sports Najamuddin Khan has advised aged and sick officials in various national federations to make ...
PM envisions green and white revolutions
KARACHI - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that the government will soon start work on green and white ...
Women to get stipends during training
KARACHI - Monthly stipends ranging from Rs 4,000 to Rs7,000 will be offered to women, with educational qualifications of primary ...
Institute set up under public-private partnership programme
KARACHI - The CDGK policy of introducing private-public partnership in its different projects is gaining momentum as number of ...
Marri rules out rift in PPP ranks
KARACHI - Dispelling impression of differences and rifts in the PPP ranks, Sindh Information Minister Ms Shazia Marri has said ...
Journalist Victims Fund being introduced: Sherry
KARACHI - Federal Information Minister Sherry Rehman has said the government will introduce laws after discussing it with all the ...
Another rise in PR fares next week
KARACHI - Pakistan Railways is likely to impose new fares next week as the railway ministry and the concerned high-ups have taken ...
Lahore
ICC officially turns Oval forfeit to a draw
LAHORE - The International Cricket Council announced officially on Thursday that the result of Oval Test was altered to a draw ...
Billions of rupees fraud in LDA: Housing schemes record sealed
LAHORE - The Lahore Development Authority has sealed all relevant record of its 11 housing schemes following detection of 131 ...
Musharraf 'breached' Constitution
LAHORE - Lawyers speaking at the Lahore High Court Bar General House meeting here Thursday charged General (retd) Pervez ...
People block road to protest youth's killing
LAHORE - Sabzazar police have forcibly dispersed the people who were protesting against the innocent killing of a youth by ...
10 MPAs take oath
LAHORE - Ten MPAs, who had been elected in the by-election held on June 26, took oath when the Punjab Assembly's 7th session ...
Zia's '77 action harmed Federation, says Zekria
LAHORE -The PPP's Lahore Secretary Information and party ticket holder, Zekria Butt has said that a dictator had toppled a ...
Projection of true Pak image stressed
LAHORE - Honorary Consul of Germany (HCG) in Lahore, Mr Anees-ur-Rehman has said that German investment in energy, water and ...
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